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Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo is the actor best known to Star Trek fans for playing Starfleet's Emergency Medical Hologram, or simply, The Doctor, on Star Trek: Voyager.

Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 27 October 1953. He attended William Penn Charter School, graduating in 1971, after which he attended Yale University. While attending Yale, he performed in several University productions and graduated with a BA in Drama in 1975.

In 1977, he made his Broadway debut in a production of Gemini, and in 1981, made his feature film debut in the contemporary horror classic, The Howling. His other film credits include Innerspace, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Wagons East!, and more. In addition to his role on Voyager, he is also known for playing Dr. Dick Richard on China Beach, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years, and for his role as Agent Richard Woolsey in the Stargate television franchise.

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Today in Trek history Today is Friday 13 Dec 2024 1929 Christopher Plummer is born. 1935 Gary Combs is born. 1947 Tamara and Starr Wilson are born. 1950 L.L. Ginter and Wendie Malick are born. 1951 Paula Moody is born. 1953 Tom Bookout is born. 1957 Billy Van Zandt is born. 1958 Lolita Fatjo is born. 1962 David A. Goodman is born. 1966 Sixth day of filming on TOS: "The Return of the Archons". Second revised final draft script for TOS: "Space Seed" is submitted. 1967 Fifth day of filming on TOS: "The Ultimate Computer". 1968 Third day of filming on TOS: "The Savage Curtain". 1969 The Tenth UK Story Arc begins in TV21 & Joe 90 #12 with the first of six installments. 1978 Ninety-first day of filming on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 1980 Gil Ozeri is born. 1987 Greg Leach is born. 1988 Forty-fourth day of filming on Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. 1989 Third day of filming on TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise". 1990 First day of filming on TNG: "Galaxy's Child". 1991 Third day of filming on TNG: "Ethics". 1994 Second of two days of reshoots for VOY: "Caretaker". 1995 Final draft script for DS9: "Bar Association" is submitted. 1996 Star Trek: First Contact premieres in the UK and Ireland. First day of filming on VOY: "Favorite Son". Final draft script for DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" is submitted. 1999 Second day of filming on VOY: "Ashes to Ashes". 2000 Third day of filming on VOY: "Workforce, Part II". 2001 Twelfth day of filming on Star Trek Nemesis. Sixth day of filming on ENT: "Fusion". 2002 Star Trek Nemesis is released in the US and Canada. First day of filming on ENT: "Canamar". 2003 Barry Russo dies. 2004 Seventh (and last) day of filming on ENT: "Affliction". Ben Slack dies. 2007 Filming continues on the Starfleet Academy chambers scenes on location at the Long Beach City Hall for Star Trek. 2017 Lou Elias, Bruce Gray, and Vanessa Greene die.	Production timeline Timeline Calendar 2019 productions 2020 productions 2021 productions 2022 productions 2023 productions 2024 productions Upcoming productions
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